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Proximate biochemical composition and mineral content of edible species from the genus Cystoseira in Portugal

• Catarina Vizetto-Duarte

  Catarina Vizetto-Duarte is a PhD student at the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve. She has an MSc in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine from the University of Lisbon (2009). As a PhD student she is evaluating the nutritional and biomedical applications (especially antioxidant and antitumoral properties) of brown algae, focusing on finding novel bioactive molecules and studying the molecular mechanisms responsible for the said activities in terms of cellular responses to drug exposure, inflammation, cell death (apoptosis/necrosis) versus cell survival.

  , Luísa Custódio

  Luísa Custódio has a PhD in Biotechnological Sciences and carried out her post-doctoral research at the University of Algarve and CCMAR. Presently she is a research assistant hired by CCMAR under the framework of the FCT investigator program and her research has focused on the search for bioactive compounds in marine organisms and halophyte species, and the evaluation of the nutritional profile of edible organisms (e.g. algae, halophytes and sea cucumbers).

  , Luísa Barreira

  Luísa Barreira has been an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry and Pharmacy Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Algarve since 2007. She has a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Technologies and is currently a senior researcher in MarBiotech for I+D+I of biotechnological applications of marine organisms, from the production of biodiesel and other bioproducts (e.g. phospholipids) from microalgae to the search of natural products with biological activities in marine organisms.

  , Manuela Moreira da Silva

  Manuela Moreira da Silva is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Engineering of University of Algarve, PhD in Environmental Sciences and Technology, and a senior researcher of Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA). Presently, Manuela is the head of the Sanitary Engineering Laboratory at the University of Algarve. Her research interests comprise ecohydrology, phytoremediation of heavy metals, sustainable water management, urban water cycle, water and society and water quality and human health.

  , Amélia P. Rauter

  Amélia P. Rauter has Tenure at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon since 2002 and completed her PhD at the Technische Universitaet Graz, Austria, 1982); her research focuses on the discovery of active principles from natural resources and on the molecular design and synthetic organic chemistry. She is the Head of the Carbohydrate Chemistry Group – Centre of Chemistry and Biochemistry (FCUL), and has been serving as an Editor of the RSC Carbohydrate Chemistry book series, an Associated Editor of Mediterranean Journal of Chemistry, and is a member of the European Journal of Organic Chemistry advisory board, and is on the advisory/editorial boards of other natural product/carbohydrate chemistry journals. She is the Secretary of the European Carbohydrate Organization and the Secretary of the IUPAC Division on Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, she has supervised 19 PhD theses and currently has six additional PhD students; she has published more than 130 papers and book chapters, and authored seven granted patents.

  , Fernando Albericio

  Fernando Albericio is a Research Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa and at the University of Barcelona. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Barcelona (1980). Following his postdoctoral work (1981–1984) at Tufts University, the Université d’Aix-Marseille, and the University of Minnesota, he was appointed Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona. After a few years, he took up the position of Director of Peptide Research at Milligen-Biosearch, Boston, USA (1992–1994), and then re-joined the University of Barcelona in 1995, when he was promoted to Full Professor. He also served as Executive Director of the Barcelona Science Park (2005–2011). He is currently Editor of the International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics and a Councilor of the American Peptide Society. Recently, he has been honored with a doctorate honoris causa by the Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) and the Vincent du Vigneaud award by the American Peptide Society.

  and João Varela

  João Varela is an Assistant Professor at the University of Algarve and Group Leader of the MarBiotech (Marine Biotechnology) research group at the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR). MarBiotech, which has the following research lines (i) searching for novel bioactive compounds in marine organisms, with particular emphasis on microalgae, macroalgae and halophytes; (ii) designing and implementation of biorefineries for the upgrade of algal biomass for biofuel, food and feed production; and (iii) marine organisms (e.g. sea cucumbers and halophytes) as innovative gourmet food.